Europa League 2025/26

Season archive · 24 Sep 25 to 20 May 26 · 189 games

Aston Villa won the Europa League 2025/26, beating Freiburg 3–0 in the final.

Lyon finished top of the 36-club league phase on 21 points from 8 games. The top eight went straight into the round of 16 and the clubs from ninth to 24th played the knockout play-offs.

Igor Jesus and P. Stanić were the top scorers with 7 goals.

The 189 games produced 508 goals, 2.69 per game (90 minutes, extra time not counted). 50% were home wins, 17% draws and 33% away wins.

League phase

# Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Lyon Out in the round of 16 8701 185 +13 21
2 Aston Villa Champions 8701 146 +8 21
3 Midtjylland Out in the round of 16 8611 188 +10 19
4 Real Betis Out in the quarter-finals 8521 137 +6 17
5 Porto Out in the quarter-finals 8521 137 +6 17
6 Braga Out in the semi-finals 8521 115 +6 17
7 Freiburg Runners-up 8521 104 +6 17
8 Roma Out in the round of 16 8512 136 +7 16
9 Genk Out in the round of 16 8512 117 +4 16
10 Bologna Out in the quarter-finals 8431 147 +7 15
11 Stuttgart Out in the round of 16 8503 159 +6 15
12 Ferencvaros Out in the round of 16 8431 1211 +1 15
13 Nott'm Forest Out in the semi-finals 8422 157 +8 14
14 Viktoria Plzen Out in the knockout play-offs 8350 83 +5 14
15 Red Star Belgrade Out in the knockout play-offs 8422 76 +1 14
16 Celta Vigo Out in the quarter-finals 8413 1511 +4 13
17 PAOK Out in the knockout play-offs 8332 1714 +3 12
18 Lille Out in the round of 16 8404 129 +3 12
19 Fenerbahce Out in the knockout play-offs 8332 107 +3 12
20 Panathinaikos Out in the round of 16 8332 119 +2 12
21 Celtic Out in the knockout play-offs 8323 1315 -2 11
22 Ludogorets Out in the knockout play-offs 8314 1215 -3 10
23 Dinamo Zagreb Out in the knockout play-offs 8314 1216 -4 10
24 Brann Out in the knockout play-offs 8233 911 -2 9
25 Young Boys Out in the league phase 8305 1016 -6 9
26 Sturm Graz Out in the league phase 8215 511 -6 7
27 FCSB Out in the league phase 8215 916 -7 7
28 Go Ahead Eagles Out in the league phase 8215 614 -8 7
29 Feyenoord Out in the league phase 8206 1115 -4 6
30 Basel Out in the league phase 8206 913 -4 6
31 Red Bull Salzburg Out in the league phase 8206 1015 -5 6
32 Rangers Out in the league phase 8116 514 -9 4
33 Nice Out in the league phase 8107 715 -8 3
34 Utrecht Out in the league phase 8017 515 -10 1
35 Malmo Out in the league phase 8017 415 -11 1
36 Maccabi Tel Aviv Out in the league phase 8017 222 -20 1

The table is the league phase only. Ties are settled on points, goal difference, goals scored, away goals scored, wins, away wins and the opponents' aggregate points, goal difference and goals scored; fair play and the club coefficient, which come after, are not stored.

Knockout phase

Knockout play-offs

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

TieAggLegs
Freiburg v Aston Villa 0–3

The season in numbers

Goals per game 2.69 508 goals in 189 games
Home wins 50%
Draws 17%
Away wins 33%
Both teams scored 50%
Over 2.5 goals 52%
xG per game 2.79 Both sides combined

Top scorers

Own goals are not counted for the scorer.

Season records

All results

Every game of the 2025/26 season, by round. Scores are the result after 90 minutes; extra time and penalties are noted under the score.

Matchday 124 Sep 25 to 25 Sep 25 · 18 games
Matchday 202 Oct 25 · 18 games
Matchday 323 Oct 25 · 18 games
Matchday 406 Nov 25 · 18 games
Matchday 527 Nov 25 · 18 games
Matchday 611 Dec 25 · 18 games
Matchday 722 Jan 26 · 18 games
Matchday 829 Jan 26 · 18 games
Knockout play-offs19 Feb 26 to 26 Feb 26 · 16 games
DateHomeScoreAway
19 Feb 26 Fenerbahce 0–3 Nott'm Forest
19 Feb 26 Brann 0–1 Bologna
19 Feb 26 Dinamo Zagreb 1–3 Genk
19 Feb 26 PAOK 1–2 Celta Vigo
19 Feb 26 Panathinaikos 2–2 Viktoria Plzen
19 Feb 26 Ludogorets 2–1 Ferencvaros
19 Feb 26 Lille 0–1 Red Star Belgrade
19 Feb 26 Celtic 1–4 Stuttgart
26 Feb 26 Red Star Belgrade 0–1
extra time 0–1
Lille
26 Feb 26 Ferencvaros 2–0 Ludogorets
26 Feb 26 Stuttgart 0–1 Celtic
26 Feb 26 Viktoria Plzen 1–1
penalties 3–4
Panathinaikos
26 Feb 26 Bologna 1–0 Brann
26 Feb 26 Nott'm Forest 1–2 Fenerbahce
26 Feb 26 Genk 1–3
extra time 2–0
Dinamo Zagreb
26 Feb 26 Celta Vigo 1–0 PAOK
Round of 1612 Mar 26 to 19 Mar 26 · 16 games
DateHomeScoreAway
12 Mar 26 Bologna 1–1 Roma
12 Mar 26 Stuttgart 1–2 Porto
12 Mar 26 Panathinaikos 1–0 Real Betis
12 Mar 26 Lille 0–1 Aston Villa
12 Mar 26 Genk 1–0 Freiburg
12 Mar 26 Ferencvaros 2–0 Braga
12 Mar 26 Celta Vigo 1–1 Lyon
12 Mar 26 Nott'm Forest 0–1 Midtjylland
18 Mar 26 Braga 4–0 Ferencvaros
19 Mar 26 Freiburg 5–1 Genk
19 Mar 26 Lyon 0–2 Celta Vigo
19 Mar 26 Midtjylland 1–2
penalties 0–3
Nott'm Forest
19 Mar 26 Aston Villa 2–0 Lille
19 Mar 26 Roma 3–3
extra time 0–1
Bologna
19 Mar 26 Porto 2–0 Stuttgart
19 Mar 26 Real Betis 4–0 Panathinaikos
Quarter-finals08 Apr 26 to 16 Apr 26 · 8 games
DateHomeScoreAway
08 Apr 26 Braga 1–1 Real Betis
09 Apr 26 Bologna 1–3 Aston Villa
09 Apr 26 Freiburg 3–0 Celta Vigo
09 Apr 26 Porto 1–1 Nott'm Forest
16 Apr 26 Celta Vigo 1–3 Freiburg
16 Apr 26 Aston Villa 4–0 Bologna
16 Apr 26 Real Betis 2–4 Braga
16 Apr 26 Nott'm Forest 1–0 Porto
Semi-finals30 Apr 26 to 07 May 26 · 4 games
DateHomeScoreAway
30 Apr 26 Nott'm Forest 1–0 Aston Villa
30 Apr 26 Braga 2–1 Freiburg
07 May 26 Aston Villa 4–0 Nott'm Forest
07 May 26 Freiburg 3–1 Braga
Final20 May 26 · 1 games
DateHomeScoreAway
20 May 26 Freiburg 0–3 Aston Villa

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